Hi Earle,
I thought about the lockup solenoid in the retractor like most cars
have
since the seventies, but there's no wire running to the passenger side,
just
to the driver's belt. And I had Mustang that would lockup, and wouldn't
release until you shut the ignition off, and a Thunderbird that would just
about strangle you if you floor boarded it, or touched the brakes a little
harder than normal.
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"Earle Horton" <earleh_nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> If you have air bags, you probably have an explosive charge seat belt
> retractor. I believe that the charge is something like what's in a 45
auto
> cartridge, heh. The idea is that the air bag can do you some harm if
you
> are leaning forward at the time of the impact. This thing goes off and
> yanks you back into the seat, a fraction of a second before the air bag
goes
> off and snaps your neck. Imagine a volunteer fireman with one of those
jaws
> of life things, cutting one in half.
>
> If you are lucky enough to have air bags, then as the man said OEM parts
> only, even for something like a stuck seat belt retractor. If you want
to
> replace the belt with a racing or off road type harness, this might be a
> good idea, but then you lose the ability to lean forward and fish around
in
> the glove compartment while driving. (Preaching) Auto retracting seat
> belts are not entirely a good thing, as compared with the old manually
> adjustable type, provide those are used correctly. Most people do not
use
> them correctly, and therefore the rest of use have to put up with these
> newfangled types of gadgets that can go wrong. Price of progress, I
guess.
>
> Earle
>
> "griffin" <gryffy@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> > Does my Jeep have one of these?! I just watched one on MySpace and I
was
> > messing around with my seatbelt retractor with a screwdriver and some
> > cleaner thinking something must have jammed in there. Now I'm kinda
scared
> > that that thing could have gone off. Yikes.
> >
> > "Earle Horton" <earleh_nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> > news:fv06cn$3so$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> >> You ever see the slow motion film of one of those going off with a
human
> >> in the seat?
> >>
> >> Earle
> >
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